WEBVTT - Feeling Lost & Purposeless 

0:00:04.800 --> 0:00:07.440
<v Speaker 1>Welcome back to the Overcomever podcast. I am your host,

0:00:07.520 --> 0:00:09.920
<v Speaker 1>Jennika Lopez. Thank you guys so much for choosing to

0:00:09.960 --> 0:00:14.239
<v Speaker 1>listen to today's episode. Today's podcast, we are going to

0:00:14.360 --> 0:00:19.360
<v Speaker 1>pause and reflect and invite God to meet us where

0:00:19.400 --> 0:00:22.480
<v Speaker 1>we are at right now. I've gotten so many messages

0:00:22.480 --> 0:00:27.040
<v Speaker 1>and dms about feeling lost in not knowing who you

0:00:27.120 --> 0:00:30.400
<v Speaker 1>are and where to start your life, and you just

0:00:32.280 --> 0:00:34.279
<v Speaker 1>don't know where to begin. You don't know who you are.

0:00:36.440 --> 0:00:40.560
<v Speaker 1>And today's episode is for anyone who has ever felt lost.

0:00:41.760 --> 0:00:44.960
<v Speaker 1>Maybe you're going through a season where you don't recognize yourself.

0:00:45.720 --> 0:00:49.520
<v Speaker 1>Maybe life has shifted in ways you have never expected,

0:00:50.159 --> 0:00:54.120
<v Speaker 1>and you're asking yourself, who am I, where do I belong?

0:00:54.520 --> 0:00:57.800
<v Speaker 1>And what is my purpose? And let me tell you

0:00:57.920 --> 0:01:02.160
<v Speaker 1>I have been there countless and countless times before where

0:01:02.200 --> 0:01:05.760
<v Speaker 1>I have felt alone, like the world didn't understand me,

0:01:06.120 --> 0:01:09.280
<v Speaker 1>my siblings didn't understand me, and I just I felt

0:01:09.319 --> 0:01:11.680
<v Speaker 1>like what am I doing here? Then? If I don't

0:01:11.760 --> 0:01:15.360
<v Speaker 1>know who I am or what I'm doing, then what

0:01:15.400 --> 0:01:19.040
<v Speaker 1>am I doing on this earth? If that's you today,

0:01:19.880 --> 0:01:25.920
<v Speaker 1>let's take a deep breath. You are not alone, and

0:01:26.000 --> 0:01:30.679
<v Speaker 1>more importantly, God has not lost sight of you. So

0:01:31.680 --> 0:01:34.959
<v Speaker 1>let's get comfy. Let's take this time together wherever you

0:01:34.959 --> 0:01:38.679
<v Speaker 1>guys are at, in your car, at home, at work,

0:01:39.400 --> 0:01:43.040
<v Speaker 1>in your kitchen, whatever you guys are doing. Let's discover

0:01:43.240 --> 0:01:47.560
<v Speaker 1>how to find ourselves together, not in the expectations of

0:01:47.600 --> 0:01:50.720
<v Speaker 1>the world, not in our past mistakes, not even in

0:01:50.760 --> 0:01:53.960
<v Speaker 1>our successes and the things that we have done, but

0:01:54.080 --> 0:01:59.160
<v Speaker 1>in the one who has created us. Let's talk about

0:01:59.200 --> 0:02:04.360
<v Speaker 1>the feeling of being lost. Let's acknowledge feeling lost is

0:02:04.600 --> 0:02:08.160
<v Speaker 1>part of a human experience. I would hate to say it,

0:02:08.200 --> 0:02:13.840
<v Speaker 1>but it's normal. We all go through seasons of uncertainty, transition,

0:02:14.639 --> 0:02:21.040
<v Speaker 1>or doubt. Maybe you are navigating through a major life change.

0:02:21.240 --> 0:02:25.720
<v Speaker 1>You're graduating, I know when we're graduating, even in high school.

0:02:26.120 --> 0:02:28.480
<v Speaker 1>If you're young and listening to this, you don't know

0:02:28.520 --> 0:02:31.720
<v Speaker 1>what the next step is. You're moving. You feel like,

0:02:31.840 --> 0:02:35.400
<v Speaker 1>what the heck am I doing? A career shift, a breakup,

0:02:35.840 --> 0:02:39.760
<v Speaker 1>becoming a parent, or in my case, my losing both

0:02:39.760 --> 0:02:43.280
<v Speaker 1>of my parents and starting life and not knowing what

0:02:43.320 --> 0:02:48.480
<v Speaker 1>I'm doing. You also could be feeling like you're disconnected

0:02:48.480 --> 0:02:53.359
<v Speaker 1>from your purpose, as if you're just going through the motions.

0:02:53.639 --> 0:02:56.000
<v Speaker 1>When you used to feel so confident about it. I've

0:02:56.040 --> 0:02:59.239
<v Speaker 1>also been there. You look in the mirror and you

0:02:59.320 --> 0:03:03.959
<v Speaker 1>don't recognize the person staring back at you. You've been

0:03:04.040 --> 0:03:10.520
<v Speaker 1>chasing the wrong things, approval, success, relationships that ultimately have

0:03:10.720 --> 0:03:16.840
<v Speaker 1>left you feeling empty. If if you connect with any

0:03:16.880 --> 0:03:19.760
<v Speaker 1>of these things today, let me remind you that God

0:03:19.800 --> 0:03:23.320
<v Speaker 1>sees you. He knows exactly where you are even when

0:03:23.320 --> 0:03:28.160
<v Speaker 1>you don't. There's a psalm that says, where can I

0:03:28.200 --> 0:03:32.160
<v Speaker 1>go from your spirit? Where can I flee from your presence?

0:03:32.880 --> 0:03:34.880
<v Speaker 1>If I go up to the heavens, you are there.

0:03:35.280 --> 0:03:37.520
<v Speaker 1>If I make my bed in the depths, you are there.

0:03:37.920 --> 0:03:40.600
<v Speaker 1>If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if

0:03:40.640 --> 0:03:44.040
<v Speaker 1>I settle on the far side of the sea, even there,

0:03:44.120 --> 0:03:47.440
<v Speaker 1>your hand will guide me. Your right hand will hold

0:03:47.480 --> 0:03:52.480
<v Speaker 1>me fast. That's Psalms one nine at seven through ten.

0:03:54.160 --> 0:03:58.320
<v Speaker 1>And even in our lost, most lost moments, God is

0:03:58.320 --> 0:04:00.880
<v Speaker 1>holding us. There's nowhere we can can go that God

0:04:00.920 --> 0:04:04.120
<v Speaker 1>does not see us or hear us. Even if you

0:04:04.240 --> 0:04:07.120
<v Speaker 1>think that he's far, he might just be really close

0:04:07.160 --> 0:04:10.720
<v Speaker 1>and waiting for you just to open that door and

0:04:10.800 --> 0:04:14.760
<v Speaker 1>let him in. We also can be going based our feelings,

0:04:14.800 --> 0:04:17.479
<v Speaker 1>could be going based on what the world says versus

0:04:17.560 --> 0:04:21.719
<v Speaker 1>what God says. And that's difficult because we live in

0:04:21.760 --> 0:04:25.400
<v Speaker 1>a society where we see the world, we see social media,

0:04:25.440 --> 0:04:28.000
<v Speaker 1>we see these things. And it's also hard to know

0:04:28.040 --> 0:04:30.840
<v Speaker 1>what God says when you can't see him. But we

0:04:30.880 --> 0:04:34.640
<v Speaker 1>can feel him and we know the truth and what

0:04:34.720 --> 0:04:37.760
<v Speaker 1>he says. One of the biggest reasons that we feel

0:04:37.760 --> 0:04:41.400
<v Speaker 1>lost is because we're looking for our identity in the

0:04:41.440 --> 0:04:45.680
<v Speaker 1>wrong places. You, guys, I know, I know, I know.

0:04:46.040 --> 0:04:49.359
<v Speaker 1>It is so hard. The world says you are what

0:04:49.440 --> 0:04:53.080
<v Speaker 1>you are achieve so if I do better, this is

0:04:53.080 --> 0:04:57.440
<v Speaker 1>who I am. The world says you are your mistakes,

0:04:58.320 --> 0:05:00.960
<v Speaker 1>they label you, they have these on you, and that's

0:05:01.000 --> 0:05:03.680
<v Speaker 1>not what it is. The world says you have to

0:05:03.680 --> 0:05:07.600
<v Speaker 1>figure it out on your own. But God says something

0:05:07.680 --> 0:05:12.640
<v Speaker 1>completely different. We are God's masterpiece. He has created us

0:05:12.680 --> 0:05:15.839
<v Speaker 1>anew so we can do good things He planned for

0:05:15.920 --> 0:05:21.560
<v Speaker 1>us so long ago. That's Ephesians two ten. You are

0:05:21.640 --> 0:05:24.320
<v Speaker 1>not your job, you guys, You are not your failures,

0:05:24.320 --> 0:05:29.400
<v Speaker 1>You are not your past. You are God's masterpiece, handcrafted, intentional,

0:05:29.520 --> 0:05:33.440
<v Speaker 1>and chosen. I know it may feel like you can't

0:05:33.520 --> 0:05:36.360
<v Speaker 1>understand that or see that, but there's somebody that has

0:05:36.440 --> 0:05:40.760
<v Speaker 1>created you for purpose and shown you who you are.

0:05:40.800 --> 0:05:47.080
<v Speaker 1>Your identity is found in God, in grace, and that

0:05:47.360 --> 0:05:49.680
<v Speaker 1>is that is the beautiful thing that we could just

0:05:49.720 --> 0:05:53.440
<v Speaker 1>come to God and we are gifted grace and knowing

0:05:53.480 --> 0:05:55.479
<v Speaker 1>that you know what, This is not who I am.

0:05:55.600 --> 0:06:01.680
<v Speaker 1>Maybe I was always the chunky I was always the

0:06:02.320 --> 0:06:06.200
<v Speaker 1>chunky girl, the pity party girl because both of my

0:06:06.279 --> 0:06:09.039
<v Speaker 1>parents passed away. But I'm not that. I'm the girl

0:06:09.040 --> 0:06:12.080
<v Speaker 1>that overcame those things. I'm the person that found God

0:06:12.480 --> 0:06:14.800
<v Speaker 1>and found my purpose and other things to be able

0:06:14.800 --> 0:06:19.760
<v Speaker 1>to I've been called to bring healing, to bring to

0:06:19.880 --> 0:06:24.479
<v Speaker 1>speak God into your guys' lives and to speak on

0:06:24.560 --> 0:06:27.640
<v Speaker 1>these experiences. I'm not the grief girl. I'm not the

0:06:27.640 --> 0:06:32.640
<v Speaker 1>fat girl. I'm not the person that that doesn't amount

0:06:32.680 --> 0:06:36.480
<v Speaker 1>to anything. I'm not the oh people would call me, Oh,

0:06:36.520 --> 0:06:39.240
<v Speaker 1>you're just You're just Jenny Rivera's daughter. I'm not Jenny.

0:06:39.400 --> 0:06:44.080
<v Speaker 1>I'm not just Jenny Rivera's daughter. I'm also Jenica and

0:06:44.240 --> 0:06:49.280
<v Speaker 1>God loves me and I'm God's child. And that leads

0:06:49.279 --> 0:06:53.040
<v Speaker 1>to finding yourself in God. How do we shift from

0:06:53.080 --> 0:06:57.120
<v Speaker 1>feeling lost to knowing who we are in God. We're

0:06:57.120 --> 0:07:00.000
<v Speaker 1>gonna touch on that when we come back from the brain.

0:07:00.120 --> 0:07:02.680
<v Speaker 1>All right, you guys, welcome back. All right. So how

0:07:02.720 --> 0:07:04.920
<v Speaker 1>do we shift from feeling lost to knowing who we

0:07:04.960 --> 0:07:08.680
<v Speaker 1>are in God? Well? Number one, return to your creator.

0:07:09.600 --> 0:07:12.680
<v Speaker 1>When something is broken, you don't take it to a

0:07:12.760 --> 0:07:15.800
<v Speaker 1>random person. You take it to the one who made

0:07:15.800 --> 0:07:19.800
<v Speaker 1>it right. The same is true for us when we

0:07:19.880 --> 0:07:23.920
<v Speaker 1>feel lost. Our first step is to return to God.

0:07:24.200 --> 0:07:28.720
<v Speaker 1>Spend time with him. Open your Bible, pray, pray. It

0:07:28.760 --> 0:07:32.280
<v Speaker 1>doesn't have to be with fancy words, but with honesty.

0:07:33.160 --> 0:07:35.400
<v Speaker 1>Like Lord, I feel lost. I don't know where I'm

0:07:35.440 --> 0:07:38.000
<v Speaker 1>going or who I am right now, but I know

0:07:38.040 --> 0:07:41.040
<v Speaker 1>you created me with purpose. Show me who I am

0:07:42.400 --> 0:07:45.920
<v Speaker 1>in you, Show me who I am in your eyes.

0:07:46.000 --> 0:07:48.280
<v Speaker 1>I want to see myself the way that you see me.

0:07:50.680 --> 0:07:55.080
<v Speaker 1>Number two. Number two, let go of false identities. You

0:07:55.080 --> 0:07:58.400
<v Speaker 1>have to ask yourself, what have I been? What have

0:07:58.480 --> 0:08:05.080
<v Speaker 1>I been defining? Identifying myself that isn't from God? Is

0:08:05.080 --> 0:08:08.400
<v Speaker 1>it what people think of you? Is it your past mistakes?

0:08:08.960 --> 0:08:13.360
<v Speaker 1>Is it your career or your status. If it's not

0:08:13.480 --> 0:08:19.560
<v Speaker 1>rooted in God, it's not your true identity. Let it go.

0:08:20.320 --> 0:08:24.520
<v Speaker 1>Let that weight off of your chest, go, stop carrying it,

0:08:26.160 --> 0:08:35.200
<v Speaker 1>let it go. Number three, embrace what God says about you. Obviously,

0:08:35.280 --> 0:08:38.640
<v Speaker 1>the Bible tells us full of truths about who we

0:08:38.679 --> 0:08:43.280
<v Speaker 1>are in God. And here's just a few. You are loved,

0:08:44.040 --> 0:08:48.200
<v Speaker 1>you're chosen, you are known, you are redeemed, and you

0:08:48.280 --> 0:08:52.000
<v Speaker 1>have a purpose. I would encourage you guys to write

0:08:52.000 --> 0:08:54.320
<v Speaker 1>these down. Put it on a sticky note. If you

0:08:54.360 --> 0:08:56.199
<v Speaker 1>work at a desk, put it on a sticky note,

0:08:56.240 --> 0:08:58.760
<v Speaker 1>Put it at the edge of your computer, put it

0:08:58.760 --> 0:09:03.120
<v Speaker 1>in your notes, put leave it as a wallpaper. Tattoo

0:09:03.160 --> 0:09:07.640
<v Speaker 1>it to yourself and speak them over your life. You

0:09:07.679 --> 0:09:11.440
<v Speaker 1>have to speak positive things to yourself and knowing that

0:09:11.880 --> 0:09:14.040
<v Speaker 1>this is what God says about me, not the world,

0:09:14.120 --> 0:09:16.800
<v Speaker 1>but God. And it is in Scripture, and it isn't

0:09:16.840 --> 0:09:20.920
<v Speaker 1>the most prominent book of the world. That doesn't change.

0:09:21.559 --> 0:09:24.520
<v Speaker 1>Every time you feel lost, remind yourself of who you

0:09:24.559 --> 0:09:29.520
<v Speaker 1>are in Him. Number four Walking forward with God. Finding

0:09:29.559 --> 0:09:33.320
<v Speaker 1>yourself and God is not a one time thing. It's

0:09:33.360 --> 0:09:36.960
<v Speaker 1>a daily journey. You have to sacrifice yourself. You have

0:09:37.040 --> 0:09:40.840
<v Speaker 1>to submit yourself, surrender yourself to God in order to

0:09:41.320 --> 0:09:44.880
<v Speaker 1>really find and walk your way into your true identity.

0:09:44.920 --> 0:09:48.000
<v Speaker 1>Every day, starting with morning surrender, start your day by

0:09:48.040 --> 0:09:51.840
<v Speaker 1>asking God, who do you say I am renewing your mind,

0:09:52.160 --> 0:09:57.800
<v Speaker 1>spending time in scripture and replace those lies with God's truth.

0:09:58.240 --> 0:10:01.559
<v Speaker 1>Number three, step out in faith even if you don't

0:10:01.600 --> 0:10:04.440
<v Speaker 1>have all the answers, trust that God is leading you,

0:10:04.720 --> 0:10:08.839
<v Speaker 1>for we lead by faith, not by sight. And staying connected.

0:10:09.120 --> 0:10:12.400
<v Speaker 1>Surround yourself with people who remind you of your identity

0:10:12.520 --> 0:10:15.959
<v Speaker 1>in Christ. Good people, people that are going to lead

0:10:16.000 --> 0:10:18.800
<v Speaker 1>you to keep your walk, inspiring you to do better.

0:10:19.040 --> 0:10:22.440
<v Speaker 1>People that are encouraging, that aren't negative, that come with

0:10:22.559 --> 0:10:28.280
<v Speaker 1>the healthy, healthy talk versus cheese miandol talking mess or

0:10:28.720 --> 0:10:31.840
<v Speaker 1>that are just negative nancies. We don't need that. And

0:10:31.880 --> 0:10:35.840
<v Speaker 1>if you have those certain people in your life, I

0:10:35.920 --> 0:10:39.199
<v Speaker 1>encourage you guys today check your circle. Are they bettering

0:10:39.240 --> 0:10:41.960
<v Speaker 1>your mind? Are they leading you to your purpose? Are

0:10:42.040 --> 0:10:46.120
<v Speaker 1>they diminishing your identity? Are they going against what God says?

0:10:47.000 --> 0:10:50.160
<v Speaker 1>And I know it may suck because and I've had

0:10:50.160 --> 0:10:52.360
<v Speaker 1>to be there. We're also too grown to cut people

0:10:52.360 --> 0:10:54.679
<v Speaker 1>out of our lives and whatever. And I know that

0:10:54.800 --> 0:10:57.959
<v Speaker 1>some people, But but Jenica, what if I want to

0:10:58.000 --> 0:11:00.680
<v Speaker 1>bring them closer to God? You could do that in

0:11:00.720 --> 0:11:04.320
<v Speaker 1>a healthy way and also having those boundaries, so if

0:11:04.320 --> 0:11:06.800
<v Speaker 1>you have but we can get that into that in

0:11:06.840 --> 0:11:09.600
<v Speaker 1>another episode. I just want to share that. But you

0:11:09.679 --> 0:11:12.520
<v Speaker 1>have to stay connected, draw yourself closer to people that

0:11:12.559 --> 0:11:15.240
<v Speaker 1>are gonna help you stay connected to your purpose and

0:11:15.280 --> 0:11:18.000
<v Speaker 1>your identity. If you're feeling lost today, I want to

0:11:18.040 --> 0:11:23.200
<v Speaker 1>remind you you're not alone, You're not forgotten. God knows

0:11:23.240 --> 0:11:26.400
<v Speaker 1>exactly where you are. He will meet you there. He's

0:11:26.480 --> 0:11:31.840
<v Speaker 1>always on time. He's never early, he's never late, but

0:11:31.880 --> 0:11:34.520
<v Speaker 1>he's always on time, and he's leading you back to

0:11:34.600 --> 0:11:40.760
<v Speaker 1>yourself and ultimately, ultimately that's leading back to him. I

0:11:40.800 --> 0:11:44.040
<v Speaker 1>want to pray over you guys today and putting your

0:11:44.080 --> 0:11:48.439
<v Speaker 1>hearts at peace and help you find your identity. Coming

0:11:48.440 --> 0:11:51.719
<v Speaker 1>from a girl that has felt like her identity has

0:11:51.800 --> 0:11:55.680
<v Speaker 1>been in social media and her mistakes and her family name,

0:11:58.080 --> 0:11:59.960
<v Speaker 1>I just want to pray over you, guys, because I've

0:12:00.080 --> 0:12:03.560
<v Speaker 1>been there, and I have found the way, and I

0:12:03.720 --> 0:12:07.319
<v Speaker 1>have really really been in a place where my identity,

0:12:07.720 --> 0:12:10.280
<v Speaker 1>where I no longer let my identity be defined by

0:12:10.280 --> 0:12:13.000
<v Speaker 1>those things. Father. I come before you with an open

0:12:13.040 --> 0:12:16.920
<v Speaker 1>heart for those that feel lost, that I know that

0:12:17.040 --> 0:12:23.280
<v Speaker 1>you see them, you see me, Lord, that they may

0:12:23.640 --> 0:12:27.840
<v Speaker 1>let go of false identities and step into what you

0:12:27.960 --> 0:12:32.000
<v Speaker 1>have created them to be. Remind them that they are loved,

0:12:32.440 --> 0:12:38.440
<v Speaker 1>chosen and known by You. Guide our steps and lead

0:12:38.520 --> 0:12:43.760
<v Speaker 1>us back to your truth and Jesus name. Amen. If

0:12:43.800 --> 0:12:46.480
<v Speaker 1>today's episode spoke to you, I'd love for you guys

0:12:46.480 --> 0:12:48.880
<v Speaker 1>to share it with someone who might need a little

0:12:48.880 --> 0:12:51.640
<v Speaker 1>bit of encouragement today. And if you haven't already, make

0:12:51.640 --> 0:12:54.800
<v Speaker 1>sure you guys subscribe so that we can continue in

0:12:54.880 --> 0:13:00.320
<v Speaker 1>this journey together. And until next Tuesday, remember this, you

0:13:00.400 --> 0:13:03.920
<v Speaker 1>are found in Him, you are enough, and you are loved.

0:13:04.960 --> 0:13:09.320
<v Speaker 1>This is Jenica from the Overcomfort podcast. And go out

0:13:09.360 --> 0:13:11.240
<v Speaker 1>and walk in your to your identity today and I

0:13:11.280 --> 0:13:15.920
<v Speaker 1>will see you guys next Tuesday. Bye. Overcomfort podcast is

0:13:15.920 --> 0:13:18.800
<v Speaker 1>a production of Iheart'smichael Tura podcast Network